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Successful computer software development projects require customers who can explain what sort of job needs doing and engineers who can deliver a device that will do the job at a price that makes it worthwhile. Software engineers must understand the job that their device is intended to perform from...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 326; pp. 89 - 90
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited March 20 1993
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Summary:Successful computer software development projects require customers who can explain what sort of job needs doing and engineers who can deliver a device that will do the job at a price that makes it worthwhile. Software engineers must understand the job that their device is intended to perform from the outset. The fact that software products can have flexibility designed into them should not mislead anyone into believing that the design process itself can involve endless revision.